Jun 2011 Archive, part b

It's like how navigating HQ works on a literalism: "It's kind of a maze, unless you hadn't noticed." If you really pay attention to the time—especially if you want it to go faster—it will probably slow down just to spite you. Otherwise, it can go really quickly or really slowly or really normally, depending on factors such as the dimensional location of the bit of HQ you're in, how much fun you're having (time flies when you're having fun, you know), and the like. Thus, for some agents it's almost exactly like Real World time, and for some it works like time in Narnia, and for some it changes daily.

The time spent in missions messes with things, too. You can spend a week's time in a fic but come back minutes after you left your RC thanks to portals. Similarly, how time passes in HQ is irrelevant to when you decide to pop back to the Real World. Though if you've aged five years, it's probably unwise to return the moment after you left.

Really, it all comes down to how you want to write your spin-off. Some folks like to write their missions as though they happen back-to-back, and some write them as though they're spaced out, assuming that the time between is filled with more routine missions and other stuff. In my case, Agent Derik's missions occur more or less back to back, and that's because he's distracted a lot. Lots of time passes between them for others, but not for him because he doesn't notice it; his aging is less obvious for the same reason. Nume and Ilraen, on the other hand, have a perfect memory and a perfect biological clock between them, so time for them is pretty much normal because they can't help but have a passing awareness of it. I have to keep track of how old they are.

Make sense? ... More or less?

~Neshomeh

Time passes, but not at the same pace as the Real World. This is why we have HST, Headquarters Standard Time. Whether this is faster or slower, I don't know. I guess it's probably alternately either one.

I'm not perfect at SpaG, but I will definitely do a scan-over.

Poor NCIS... yet another mission...

I'm no use about SPAG (I'm Italian after all), but I saw enough of NCIS to help.

Have some delicious House Roac hot chocolate:

May your time here be enjoyable and long!

Welcome and regards,
Lleu

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this fancy-looking ray gun as a welcoming gift.

Hello! Have a seventeen foot long, multicolor, wool knit scarf (curly wig not included), and a bag of jelly babies.

Please use the IRresponsibly!

Welcome to the madhouse board!

Have an Oracle Skunk and a spork. One is an incredibly powerful entity capable of manipulating reality itself... and the other is a skunk with a silly name.

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate, and enjoy your stay!

Don't feed it Sueish meat.

It's great to have you!

Here, have some Gideon Klein for the road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQgYYzzqKM0

Or aboard, as it may be. I've never really understood the difference.
Anyway, have a mysterious present and some breath mints. The latter will come in handy, in you decide to try some of the Mary Sue candy.

Have some Mary Sue chocolate!

Welcome, new friend! Have a kite. It's on fire, but that's normal.

Enjoy your stay!
Have a roll of duct tape and a pair of tweezers.

What are your main fandoms, BTW?

Have some House Roac hot chocolate:

Also, Bionicle!

Welcome and regards,
Lleu

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this personal jet pack (WARNING: do not use indoors) as a welcoming gift.

Hello! Have a seventeen foot long scarf (curly wig not included), and a bag of jelly babies.

Please use them IRresponsibly!

Welcome!

Have a spork and an Oracle Carp. One is a powerful reality-bending entity... and the other is a fish with a stupid name.

Have some food! Hope that you enjoy your time here!

Hi, have some fudge!

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate and enjoy your stay!

Don't feed it Sue or Stu meat.

Oh my. Now your sister has made me nervous.

*scrambles to find appropriate welcome gift*

Have a ... um ... a tiny black hole and a pet rock.

Have some Mary Sue chocolate! I hope you have fun here!

It's always nice to see new people here!

Here, have some Prokofiev for the road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ6_SOag3pE

Welcome, new friend! Have a kneazle! He can help your cats eat all that food!

Welcome to the board!
Have some cat food- glod knows our cats eat enough of it as it is- and three pairs of chopsticks.

To everyone else; My amazing brother doesn't exactly have amazing grammar, which I'm currently working on, I promise. I'm proofreading for him for now, but later on, if you spot any errors, point 'em out for him? Nicely, if you can?
Also, if anyone's unjustifiably mean to my brother, I shall get angry. I really really shall. Not that I'm saying anyone will be mean, of course, but you know what I'm saying.

Sweet drawings mate! I like the death certificate too, the idea made me laugh.

I have a single character design reference poster that I've posted here:


Pam, with a full character design reference sheet showing the character and how I designed her, and an

inked version as well on the wiki, but it's currently a work in progress. I've been working on more images of other characters, but I haven't had much time recently.

Okay, so I don't usually draw.

However, here's BC, from the DCPS CD. No cowboy hat included, no stubble either. Maybe he shaved for once.



Maybe more later.

I only have preliminary doodles of Tenacity, my body-mod addict.


And an older doodle of my retired agent.
http://blayzy.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d25penj


And anything else is too old to share or not finished! So yeah.

Ah, art. All of my PPC-related doodles can be found at http://poorcynic.deviantart.com/. The three newest drawings (as in I just posted them today) are as follows:

http://poorcynic.deviantart.com/#/d3ippqy - Xericka with a pixie cut as opposed to her normal ponytail.

http://poorcynic.deviantart.com/#/d3ipq0g - Danny taking a smoke break while in disguise as a Pyro from the Team Fortress 2 universe.

http://poorcynic.deviantart.com/#/d3ipqw4 - Xericka, Gremlin, Danny, Laura, and Intern Rachel all in their My Little Pony disguises. Why? Why not!

I can't draw a person to save my life. All I have are the avatar-creator images like the ones posted on the wiki.

So that's what a darning needle is. I was so confused over it. I actually though Suicide was supposed to be more of a pretty guy than that, since he's considered "bishonen". And can you PLEASE explain why he has gray hair? I've never understood that, either. Dio was about how I imagined her. The death certificate was... interesting.

http://av-marten.deviantart.com/art/The-Problem-With-Fur-207389246 Agents Caleb and Jack, in their standard Redwall disguises when visiting the OFUR.

http://av-marten.deviantart.com/art/Tis-wot-they-pays-me-for-187037687 Agent Kestrel (in human disguise) exorcising Crowley from Good Omens.

http://av-marten.deviantart.com/art/The-many-faces-of-Kestrel-183176334 Different expressions on Kestrel.

http://av-marten.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Belated-Easter-207389446 And here's a fun Easter pic I drew with Agents Jack and Adder!

http://av-marten.deviantart.com/art/Our-Rugrats-Are-Better-203672658 Technically not agents, they're the Nursery kids written by me and Laburnum, all in human form.

http://av-marten.deviantart.com/art/Happy-f-ing-Halloween-184519551 I posted this last Halloween, but here it is again. It's a pic containing all my agents, in Good Omens cosplay for Halloween.

Not that my opinion is terribly weighty just yet, but I always approve of art threads, personally. Unfortunately for me, deviantArt is terribly non-cooperative (read: my network blocks it for inexplicable reasons), so I am sadly deprived. ;_;

But hey. Good idea. Is what I'm getting at here. As awkwardly as possible.

I have all my PPC art that's worth sharing in a dA gallery:

http://neshomeh.deviantart.com/gallery/11844615

Also, for anyone who's counting, I WILL get those March Madness pictures done someday. Really!

~Neshomeh

...but that doesn't mean I don't find ways to get them drawn anyhow.

So... StellaCadente113 of DeviantArt was kind enough to do a combined portrait of Florestan and Eusabius. It was a commission, but still.

http://herr-wozzeck.deviantart.com/favourites/#/d3h49nx

You might recognize the faces from their headshots on their PPC Wiki pages.

I did some quick doodles of characters, which, coincidentally, actually took me rather long. Oh well. So much for quick.

I would link my deviantART, but it's all spazzy on my old old old laptop and kills my internet, so ImageShack it is!

I hope I'm linking this right...

Top row on the left is Yin, a possible agent my brother made up for himself, and Aly, my agent once I get off my lazy bum and apply.
Bottom left is Lance, a scrapped agent design that I may redo and apply with, and on the right is me for no apparent reason. And yes, I do own that striped sweater.

...but I've been reading the Dragonback series lately (about two-thirds of the way through my first reading of the last book), and the Golvin naming system is still fresh in my mind. Now I have this irresistible urge to call you Twonthei.

So, hi Twonthei!

Hoooo, gods. Um...donèt have a lot of PPC related artses. I should rectify this one day.

http://galassiel.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=96#/d2sdwei Here are Agents Hisoke and Shinra, back in the day. The most recent PPC related pic I've done since...2006? XD But yeah, my two original Agents. The only one who's still in use is Agent Shinra, who has become a Spy. Shinra's design has only changed slightly since her original creation. She now has a ponytail. XD Still enjoys wearing a white coat over a black bodysuit.

http://galassiel.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=ppc#/dj2wwo Agent Shinra circa 2006. Not much has changed. Her coat has many pockets and is made of 'Notice-Me-Not' fabric from the Harry Potter continuum. She's pretty sure it's Sue fabric of some kind, but it works when the S.E.P. field stops working due to magical interference or something.

http://galassiel.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=ppc#/dj2w4l Agent Shinra's late husband circa 2006. He's a ninja accountant who throws exploding roses. And he put up with Shinra. I am seriously in love with his design. Love how he came out~!
I need to draw more. I do have more, of Shinra, at least, but they're pics from a Fanfic That Never Was full of many Noodle Incidents. XD

:P It's fine! Art threads are fun. Though I don't actually have any to share, right now. I just like using that line/reference. >_>

(Hey, as an aside. If you are the PPCer who wrote Thief of Midnight, as I seem to be remembering, my sister loved your book.)

That means hi, not "I'm trying to kill you," by the way. Here's a ceremonial teapot!

Hope that you have an excellent time here!

Here, have a Dramatic Longcoat. It flutters DRAMATICALLY when you need it to, even when there's no wind.

Have some Swiss chocolate. Oh, and have some Bleepka. You'll need it sooner or later.

Don't feed it Sueish meat.

I approve of the purple-ness of your username!

Have two oranges, the color or otherwise, a seedling for SOME plant, I'm not sure which, and an invisible ring. Enjoy!

Have some House Roac hot chocolate (it's delicious):

May your stay be fun and sporking-filled!

Welcome and regards,
Lleu

Welcome!

Have a flying* sheep and a towel. It is important to always remember your towel, and to always know where it is.


*sheep only flies when a) enclosed in something else that is flying or b) wears a Super Sheep cape.

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this gyrocopter as a welcoming present.

Here you have a curly white wig to match the scarf, and some bread. Use them wisely.

Have a pair of socks (do cabbages use socks?), useful for when you need a clean pair to wear or an improvised weapon.

Hello fellow newbie! May you live long and prosper!

Hello! Have a seventeen foot long, multicolored, wool, knit scarf (curly wig not included), and a bag of jelly babies.

Please use them IRresponsibly!


This is cool. My husband goes by Warcabbage, and you are the first other cabbage that I've ever come across.

Hi, have some fudge!

I came here from TV Tropes as well.

Have some Mary Sue candy. I was a TV Troper, too.

Have some fruitcake and a roll of toilet paper. No, there are no connection between the two. Why do you ask?

Hello, welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate, and please enjoy your stay!

By the way, what fandoms are you into?

Welcome, new friend! Have a Talky Tina doll! You'd better be nice to her...

Hi, welcome to the PPC! Great having you here!

Here, have some Stockhausen for the road!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T16_lfYBsd4

Welcome to the board. Have some cookies.

Sigh this might be one of the best examples of why stus can hurt so much. Different to sues just enough so I'm not as desensitised. On the plus side this lead to the mini-Gibbs dope slap which is possibly the greatest event to occur in a mission.

Whenever I read of a form of sue death that doesn't involve complete destructuion of the body, I get nervous. I always think their powers will include being able to shrug off C4.

I forgot to say it while betaing... nice job! Also, Lee's quite of a different person when she drinks too much mint tea...

Good job. I don't know the NCIS canon very well, but hey, seeing the demise of Stus is always entertaining.

Honestly, I'm a little annoyed that a thirteen year old can do all that jazz. It's not as bad as people making life-changing decisions at six years old, but still, it's pareety bad.

Good sporking, man! Also, MLP is awesome! =D

The exact place in the text, that broke my brain:

'"So I could help understand what happened," Samantha said, "I'm still learning like Zane did, I have a little process, man. Big bro and I will have the heavy jazz picked outta the garden of the case and search out the vibes of a connection, you dig?"
The team was surprised to hear a girl Samantha's age speaking with that much spirituality.'

I wish we had bleeproducts here on World One.

Anyway, just wanted to congratulate you on a job well done.

You have only my word for credentials, but hey, worst I can do is nothing at all. I'll look it over. Don't know the Canon, but I'll look into the plot as well.

But I can't even view it until Wednesday at the latest, as my computer is kaput and I'm using an old laptop of my dads.
This thing barely opens the board, so I can forget about Google Docs for a few days, until the recovery disk things come in the mail.
So yeah.

I'll have to be honest, I didn't read the whole writing sample (I'm not familiar with the 'verse), but I'm satisfied you know what you're doing anyway. Your agents seem really interesting, so if you do write missions I'll gladly read them.

Since you're going for the DTE, though, you'll of course have to be extra-careful of your own SPaG. For instance, in "minimizing any affect," affect should be effect. {= )

~Neshomeh

Sadly the author seems to have completely ignored my concrit for properly formatting her story. She replied to my criticism of her story choices to the effect of 'I thought it would be interesting to see what happens if there were 14 trolls instead of 12,' although my paraphrasing there is much more coherent than what she actually posted.

Gamzee is now horribly out of character, and I wouldn't have a problem trying to mission this, unless sirbayer or Bluesunnyday are really set on waiting until they have permission to kill it themselves.

...that I am too green to take this sort of thing on. Hey, though, maybe it'll still be around in a month or so... we'll see. Then I'd have to fight Sunny for it, I guess. ._.

ALSO

"normal POV"

A+ FOR EFFOOOOOOORT

So apparently Vriska now has ALL the ancestor's journals instead of hers. Still not enough to nail it though.

...but as BSD has touched on, it's still a bit short. Better to let it go on for a few more chapters before I dive into it.

Eurgh... Does anyone have any agents who know the Homestuck canon? I do but I'm busy with other missions now.

This is just AWFUL! I had to comment again, simply because of the second chapter. It's like they're trying to shoehorn in each and every one of the 12 trolls! Once again though, we don't seem to have a sue yet. Unless there's a department that handles just plain terrible fics, we might not have a case yet. And by case, I mean a good enough reason to hang her from a tree and burn the letter PPC into their front lawn.

...isn't even with the technical errors, it's with the fairly flagrant disregard for canon by making a coherent, sentient, speaking Lusus, and also with her just plain uncreative use of yet another eye power (one that is ridiculously trite and super speshul).

I think she also is missing an opportunity to try to flesh out a new story with her OC instead of just shoving her into the original 12. The destiny love story is especially contrived - they act like the 12 canon trolls and the 2 OC's are the only trolls that exist.

**reads more**

Sharky looks like an actual shark? He was more interesting back when he was just an aquatic troll that had shark-like features. A troll looking like an actual shark is just ridiculous.

All that said, the banter between Sharky and Zohra actually manages to be believable and amusing. It only starts to break down when they start shoe-horning the canon characters into the conversation.

I wonder if the Video Game Division could take Homestuck badfic under pretense of it being a SBURB badfic, which sure is a 'game' of sorts. :U

... nah, probably not.

*cries* HOW COULD HE/SHE DO THIS?!? This is terrible... I think we should wait for more chapters to determine wether or not we have a sue on our hands before we do anything though.

I can't believe I inspired this epicness. May I link to it on my FFN profile? :'D

No srsly. And your singing is better than mine any day.

And thanks, now the song's stuck in my head xD

and amazing song!

And it's a wonderful, funny song. I'll bet plenty of agents will be humming it on their missions.

It was squeaky only the little bit that actually goes well along the song.

And it kinda gives the impression of being a sort of PPC anthem.

That is so amusing.

*facepalm* I could've sworn I typed that in my first message. I guess I didn't. Whoopsy. Happy 25th, anyway.

Also, your birthday was yesterday? So was mine!
I've brought cake! :D

You did pretty good. It made me laugh. Keep up the good work.

Yay for Keilytunes! You're so good at music and singing and re-writing lyrics and stuff~
Doesn't sound messed up to ME...And your voice isn't squeaky, either.
Contradicting your claims aside, excellent job!

Happpy birthday! And I love the song XD

I saw the song title and was very happy. (Is it /that/ obvious that I'm a Hetalia fan? ;]) You do sound a little squeaky, but that's perfectly fine. The song lyrics are quite good too. (And happy belated birthday!)

I'm just really confused. I need some time to get used to everything. Until then, I'll just stick around a bit, post here and there, etc. Okay?

Since communication seems to be an issue, let there be no doubt: until further notice, Permission is denied.

This does not mean it is denied forever, but you'll have to take all the good advice you've been given to get a different verdict in the future, okay?

~Neshomeh

I know on the IRC, a bunch of people recommended posting an Introduction thread before you did anything further-- what we meant, though, was not to introduce your characters, but yourself, as a writer and a person-in-general. What's your favorite color? What are your favorite canons? Why do you want to join the PPC? How'd you find us? What's your favorite spin-off? Do you like chocolate more, or... uh, something else? (Yeah, I can't think of anything that's comparable to chocolate. Except possibly garlic.)

In short, who are you?

(As an aside: after you've been here for at least a month, you should post not only your characters' profiles, but a sample of your writing. It's also customary to link to a badfic you intend to spork/kill/otherwise attack. Just character profiles will get you nowhere, because they tell us nothing about your actual writing skill; the reason we do the Permission thing is to make sure people writing for the PPC are, in fact, good writers.)

The PPC isn't running away, don't rush things. :P Also basically what DML said, they pretty much summed it up.

Woah, woah, woah now, slow down there, Captain Jumpy. Didn't someone tell you last time, or link you to the wiki page that said to wait and stick around here for at least a month, have a writing sample, and ask questions and understand how this place works? Not only that, but you should know what the rules of the PPC are, but also why the higher-ups have implemented them.

As IndeMaat said, it really does depend—on how enclosed the space is, who's involved, etc. The means for getting around it also depend. You mentioned a canon invisibility cloak, Antigone mentioned the See-Through Device, reading the Words is always an option. Additionally, Rez and Flip once hacked the security system of the spaceship they were on to keep tabs on the Sue in the next room; or the agents could be disguised as something that generally goes unnoticed, like house-elves; or they could simply be close enough to overhear without being in the same room; or if it's an Earth-like canon, they could potentially bug the room; etc. The possibilities are as limitless as the situations themselves.

To a degree, the SEP Field does protect the agents from being noticed by Sues and other non-canons as long as they aren't being loud or otherwise drawing attention to themselves, so it is possible to just rely on that in the right circumstances, too. But honestly, that's less fun. {= )

~Neshomeh

If the Sue is in the private scene the agents can't join, because they would be spotted immediately. If the private scene is between canon characters the agents can easily be in the same scene: their SEP field protects them.

There's mention on the wiki of a "See-Through Device" that would let agents view a scene without entering it. However, following along with the Words seems to be more frequently used.

Hey, Nice Private SSSSSScene you have there. Sssssshame if ssssssomething happened to it...

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/853619/1/I_Zhaya_Stranger_to_Barovia

A Ravenloft fic, Strahd von Zarovich x OC.

In the original "Ravenloft" module (which I've GMd at least twice), and in the subsequent Ravenloft game setting, it is completely impossible for Zhaya to have a stronger link to the land of Barovia than Strahd. Thing is, the author says up front she's working off the tie-in novels TSR published. I don't know if the nature of being a Darklord was changed in the novels, and it's been long enough that I'm not getting my hands on them without dumb luck or too much money.

There's also the practical consideration that sending Agents into the Ravenloft demiplane could be effective suicide. The Dark Powers that rule Ravenloft are greedy, and they don't let their "toys" leave. In the game supplements, it's pretty much established that once PCs enter Ravenloft, they're stuck there. The agents could portal in easily enough, but they may not be able to portal out.

Yay! I found a Sue! I found a Mary Sue!
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1420641/1/Heaven

As soon as I read the description, I thought "Draw a circle, that's a Sue..." (from someone's fanmade PPC song). Don't know how the Department of Mary Sues will handle this one, but it's sure to be funny.

By the way, this is a Digimon fic, and the Sue is a uncanoncial child of two canon characters, Taichi-kun and Sora (Yea, I have a soft spot for Tai, and sometimes it just comes out at random times). Also, I found two bit characters, which are her siblings.

One thing you could do is post it for our viewing pleasure. We tend to be a little bit masochistic like that sometimes... From here, it's easier for us to claim unclaimed stuff, so... Yeah.

by some odd coinsidence I'm thinking of Back to the Future II, but that's just me... though it was a good movie..

Anyway, it really does sound like a very strange thing. I've read alternative endings to the same story, but outright alternative chapters is a new one. What could happen to your agents, is that they just took the wrong turn, and now they need to back-track, and follow the right words.

If you imagine the words suddenly splitting up into the odd chapter, and the rest of the story, much like a road splitting up into a road to a dead-end swamp and a road to a glorious field, you could say, your agents just took a wrong turn in reading the words.

This is just a thought I have... but having a loop like Meta suggested could be fun aswell, and yes, see if you can't kill of the Alt!Sue before the story goes on. The more killing the better... I'm sorry, did I say that out loud?

I'd go with the action happening, and then have a sudden wierd temporal/causal loop suddenly flinging the agents back into the main bulk of the fic. You could even have fun with having to kill the Alt!Sue as well if you had the time.

This seems like a massive Big Lipped Alligator moment to me. Maybe the scene happens and then the fanfic just goes on like it would've without that scene in there, thus leaving two very confused agents?

Nice job on the sporking for both badfics.

Also, I really like Agent Arthur for a number of reasons, mainly because he is a pop culture wielding Junkion who can transform into a //Delorean//!

...I think my brain got overwhelmed by my nerdy impulses for a moment there...

Did you miss Aragon the mini?

But Makes-Things! Hoorah! I should really write a ficlet about my (future) agents finding out. One of them was in DoSAT during the invasion. Well, part of. Not actually IN.

And it wouldn't be a mission, so I figure I'm allowed to write it without Permission... :D

You were able to essentially spork the same fic twice without making the two stories redundant, and both are enjoyable. I love, love, LOVE Agent Arthur to death, and I had never even heard of the Junkions before this mission! He's got a lot of comedy potential, though I can only imagine he's pretty tricky to write dialogue for.

Here's some snacks!

Ooh, a linguist! That is VERY neat. Welcome to the board~ Have some German Chocolate.

Have a pair of sock that don't match, and a match that doesn't light. Use them with wisdom.

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this genuine 19th century French army shako as a welcoming present.

J'admire tes compétences dans le domaine de la linguistique! Mon oncle m'a appris un peu de Sindarin, et je viens d'apprendre à lire l'anglais "moyen." Bienvenue! Je te donne beaucoup de thé vert.

Hello and welcome! Have a conical hat and a tea biscuit!

The hat is made from tin foil (to keep out the conspiracy theorists), and the tea biscuit is a pastry!

Don't feed it Sueish honey.

...I think. Welcome to the Board! Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't need it here.

Hello, have a mini-Darkside! I found him running around HQ. His name is Squishy! He shall be your Squishy!

Welcome to the party. Have a leather bound copy of the missions,of Jay and Acacia.

Welcome to the madness!

Have a spork, a Very Important Towel and a super flying sheep.

Just don't have the sheep fly into anything at high speed.
Slightly strange things might happen if it does... slightly strange, explosive things.

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Have a pair of socks, useful for when you need a clean pair to wear or an improvised weapon. And I envy your language skills, as I struggle enough with plain ol' Spanish. (I only recognize some Japanese due to my younger brother and the anime I watch, I can usually guess on French but Elvish and Anglo-Saxon? Wow.) We're all happy to see you here obviously. :] (And the posting system threw me off for a while too, but you'll get used to it pretty quickly.)

As someone who has been dabbling with Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse elements for the purposes of world flavor, I am interested in where you picked up what you know. I'm not a linguist myself, more of an armchair etymologist, but still. {= )

I am wondering who went so far as to reprimand you for writing PPC stuff without Permission. Usually we settle for more of a "Hey, did you know?" and an invitation to this place. Especially since you say it was written four years ago.

I wouldn't call it a closed world, either, seeing as what we want most is for the people who want to write PPC stuff to join up and get to know us. We want folks in, not out. {= )

This may or may not help with using the Board. One thing it doesn't mention, for instance, is that you can use regular HTML in your posts like I just did. The wiki in general is full of useful information, though if there's something you can't find, just shout out. Somebody will point you in the right direction and/or fix it.

Anyway, welcome!

~Neshomeh

I recognize you from WGW. XD Have a panda who eats, shoots and leaves!

Welcome, new friend! Help yourself to the sack of venomous arthropods. Don't worry, they don't bite!

*squee* I use your site whenever I need to figure out Elvish translations - it's in my bookmarks as one of my most important resources! Awesome to meet you!

I'm Cassie. I squee a lot. :P Have a bag of pebbles and a Random Shiny Object. They come in handy for distracting Sues (and oneself).

And we're not "closed" so much as "picky about writing". You're welcome to come and hang around with us all you like - we love new people - but we do ask that you get Permission before you write missions and such.

Hope you stay around. ^^

C'est dommage que tu aies oublié ton français. Ton japonais, ça va mieux ?

By which I mean, I'm trying to gauge how much Japanese I can write you without being overwhelming. I like it when people do (some of) the languages I do!

Also, have some House Roac hot chocolate:

ようこそ and regards,
Lleu

It's great to have new people here!

Here, have some Steve Reich for the road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU23LqQ6LY4

BTW, where can I find a good resource on Old English?

Have an Anglo-Saxon to French dictionary. I'm sure it will be very helpful. :D

Well, that was four years ago and you're here now, so I'm sure we'll all forgive you.

Hi, have some fudge!

Hi! I'm pretty new here too, but everyone is really nice. Here, you can share some of my chocolate, though I'm sure you'll have your own mountain soon.
Total respect for knowing all of those languages. I'm almost fluent in French and have tried for a long time to learn Sindarian, but real life has always got in the way.

Yeah, the board is something you have to get used to.

Anyways, have some awesome-laced cookies.

Also, Japanese might be useful against Wapan!Sues.

Hello and welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate, and please enjoy your stay here!

A Tolkien language expert sure is useful here. And I hope you'll get permission one day.

Here, have a folding car as a welcoming gift. Careful, it tends to unfold itself randomly. Do not put it near fragile things. And do not poke it either. One did it, and the car nearly unfolded on him.

This is the best Orken/Thomas mission you've written so far, Guvnor. The dynamic between your characters continues to impress me and you're weeding out some of the cheesier moments that made some of your earlier stuff a bit groan-worthy.

This is a great team up and a well-executed mission. Kudos to both of you!

This was a very good mission. Having four agents didn't seem to slow things down at all, and there were several moments that had me laughing out loud.

- “I doubt very much anyone Upstairs has a personal vendetta against you, Agent Thomas.” Secretly, he thought his partner might have a point. Thomas was a very annoying young man.

- “He likes it if you call him ‘Agent Orken,’ so please don’t.”

- “Oh, for the love of- Why is she tied to the criminal underworld?”

- There was a moment of silence, and then Lee said, “Ian, as much as I like you, please get your elbow out of my stomach. And whoever’s hand that is, you’d better move it. Otherwise, you’re in danger of losing it.”

- “Why don’t I have any tape? Even Scotch tape would do!”

- Face full of furry.

- He looked at Orken with confusion, but before Orken could explain he was roughly grabbed by his hair. Orken, with his short hair cut, was making this difficult.

Etc.

The final resolution (and the following interlude) are brilliantly ironic, and I love them. Congrats on finding this fic and making such glorious use of it. ^_^

~Neshomeh

So I'm releasing the Interlude that comes after this mission on the same day I'm releasing the mission. So I won't give it its own thread.

Link!

Thomas and Orken return to their response center to relax after their last mission, only to be interrupted by an unexpected visitor.

...I died laughing when he started making out with a male Stargate canon. Ah, posessed agents are hilarious. It's cruel, but hilarious.

Great mission, both of you! =D

Hi, friend! Have this children's card game card I found in the street!

Have some Mary Sue candy!

Have a guitar without strings, and a candy string:

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this compound bow and matching set of barbed arrows as a welcoming present.

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate, and please enjoy your stay!

Welcome!

Have a towel (important that you always know where it is, towels are very useful!) and a super flying sheep.

P.S. I agree, Resident Evil is awesome! ^_^

Hi! My first try at sending fudge seems to have glitched, so let's try again.

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Welcome! Have an army of mini robo-Regenerators. Also, favorits game, character, and creature... Go!

Have some Swiss chocolate. You'll need it soon. And have some bleepka.

Have some delicious House Roac hot chocolate

and enjoy your stay!

Welcome and regards,
Lleu

Yay videogames! Here's a ceramic teapot and a pocketknife.

It's great to have a newcomer here!

Here, have some [two-part] Giacinto Scelsi for the road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cl_QNZVip4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzf1cXg778&feature=related

Welcome, new friend! Help yourself to the bag of venomous arthropods. Don't worry, they don't bite!

Don't feed it Sues or Stus.

Hi. I give you a canister of COFFEE. Use it sparingly.

Have a graduated cylinder. :'D

Hi, have a Magikarp for 500 Poke! No, I'm just kidding. It's free, and when it evolves, you can train it to kill Mary Sues!

I'm ridiculously happy to meet someone who found us through ff.net. Ahhh, just like old times. I got here through Miss Cam's original Official Fanfiction University of Middle-earth, myself. ^_^

Here, have a bumper sticker! *slaps on sticker reading "Love me, love my mini."*

~Neshomeh

Here you have a bag with a variety of flags. Enjoy them!

Here's a box of red pens. You may need them.

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this tray of honey-glazed punctuation marks. They're quite scrumptious.

Have some House Roac hot chocolate

and enjoy your stay!

Welcome and regards,
Lleu

I first heard of the PPC through an OFU too (Cats).

Welcome to the Board! I'm glad you've taken an interest!

Here, have some chocolte, and please enjoy your stay!

Welcome to the madness!

Have a towel and this bucket of experimental anti-sparkle serum. Spray it on Mary Sues to temporarily nullify their canon-warping effects. Don't drink it, or put it in cakes, because I have no idea what might happen if you do!

P.S. If the bucket starts talking to you, don't worry, that's perfectly normal.

Hi, have some fudge!

It's great to have a newcomer here!

Here, have some Arnold Schoenberg for the road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az7kIPoBTS0

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

Welcome, new friend! Help yourself to the venomous arthropod bag. Don't worry, they don't bite!

Don't feed it Sueish meat.

Welcome to the Board, Ru.

I'm willing to answer all your questions, but first, let me start with one of my own; do you know what the PPC is/does?

:)

If you like, can do this over AIM, YIM, MSN, what have you. fairladypsyche for the first two, and @hotmail.com for the last one.

I like talking to people, especially newbies, so don't feel afraid of contacting me. ^_^

When I read the Harry/Snape line, I just substituted Tai/Matt (from Digimon) because there's a lot of stupid slashfic about those two. There's so many pairings in fandoms, I wonder what happened to friendship. Also, the "Tenth Walker" line was hilarious!

Funny and well-written. My favourite part is the line 'With a note saying "You need help!" I meant it.'

Mary Sues from Japan
The Mary Sue in Denial
Old Cooper's Gary Stus

"The Agent's List", to the tune of "I've Got a Little List" from The Mikado, is not yet on DA. Yes, I've seen most of these Sues (Saavedro's nephew was my own Stu from a long time ago).

1ST. AGENT:
As someday it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list! I've got a little list!
Of Suvian offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed! They never would be missed!
First there's Legolas' beloved who's half-Vanya, half-Maia.
There's Sirius' beloved who's a fifth Marauder. Gah!
The sorcerer who is in love with Susan Pevensie,
And Achenar's twin sister who's as mad as mad can be,
And poor Worf's Klingon lover who is "less brave than a wrist,"
They'll none of them be missed! They'll none of them be missed!

CHORUS:
He's got them on the list! He's got them on the list!
And they'll none of them be missed! They'll none of them be missed!

1ST. AGENT:
There's the sister to Darth Vader who will soon Darth Caedus face.
Saavy's nephew raised on Myst, I've got him on the list.
The tootsitramps who're screwing every warlock in the place
They'd none of them be missed! They'd none of them be missed!
Then the "piratess" so pretty who's not much more than a girl,
Who woos Jack Sparrow and makes him forget about the Pearl
And the Lady Firebird's cousin from bloodlines that never were
Who's also Brennan's kin by uncles kidnapped by the Shuhr.
And that singular anomaly, Tom Riddle's little sis
I don't think she'll be missed! I'm sure she'll not be missed!

CHORUS:
He's got her on the list! He's got her on the list!
And he's sure she'll not be missed! He's sure she'll not be missed!

1ST. AGENT:
And that puella nimia nuisance who just now is rather rife:
The Paravel Fifth-Throne-ist (I've got her on the list).
The Pegacorn who's humanoid and who'd be Leggy's wife
I don't think she'll be missed! I don't think she'll be missed!
And those fan-created phantoms of a canon-warping type
Such as once made Garfield Odie kill and Jon Arbuckle. Yipe!
Likewise such as make Harry go to bed with You-Know-Who.
I'm sure that much more of such types will soon occur to you.
And you ought to put as many as will fit upon the list
For they'll none of them be missed! They'll none of them be missed!

CHORUS:
You may put them on the list! You may put them on the list!
And they'll none of them be missed! They'll none of them be missed!

This is awesome! Love it!

I don't suppose you could do a cover of 'Cruel Angel's Thesis' (the Evangelion OP) at some point? I'd love to hear your take on it. ^^

Link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kFhPVAhVo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kFhPVAhV_o

You have no idea how exciting it was coming home to this! Thank you so much! I was sort of wanting you to cover this, but I couldn't work up the courage to ask.

I didn't exactly make it easy for you either, because when I wrote this, I used the Taylor Swift version (being the one I had on my mp3 player already) which is slightly different from the more well-known Wham! version. So sorry my lyrics don't quite match up the way they should! I was going to do a rewrite, but I guess I waited a bit too long. )_)

But anyway, thanks so much for doing this! I am honored!

/end fanboy rant

Doing some sort of chore that he hates doing, that no one generally helps with would be a great present.

Make him one~ They're not that hard. And it can be a fake tie that he can, I don't know, wear as a hat or something.

Perhaps, instead of a present, you can take him out to dinner or a movie or something. Sometimes the best present for a dad is time with his kids.

Your writing sample is quite good, and I like your agents! Looking forward to your missions!

Fair winds!

Now you can throw BBQ parties!

First of all, welcome! It's always great to see new people around here. To answer the first of your questions, there are many ways to make and/or become a PPC agent. First off, you'll need Permission if you want to write missions. Now, you don't need Permission to hang out on the Board and chat with us; that'd be kind of silly.

Your agents, when it comes to the time to make them, can literally be from anywhere. For example, my main pair of agents, Ian and Lee, are from two totally different universes. Ian's from our Earth and universe, while Lee is from an alternate Earth that is magic-based.

As for how one PPCs a badfic, well, each writer has their own unique style, but there are several very helpful articles on the Wiki that go into greater depth than I can at the moment. The links are on the front page of the Wiki, and the link to the Wiki is at the top of the Board.

Here are several newbie-friendly links.

The Original PPC Missions, as written by Jay and Acacia: http://www.misssandman.com/PPC/story.html
Guide to the PPC: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Guide_to_the_PPC
FAQ for Newbies: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:_For_Newbies
FAQ about the Board: http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:_The_Board

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.

look at the PPC wiki for answers you must http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/PPC_Wiki

as for any questions you might have, here you go http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:_For_Newbies

and last but not least, a little guide for you http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Guide_to_the_PPC

Read it though, and if there's anything you don't understand, nor can find the answer to, then throw up "not literally" the questions here on the board.

Hope that help, and may the schwartz (cough) I mean, may the force be with you.

Heh. Awesome piece, dude. Loved the "Git Off Mah Lawn!" attitude of Traditional!Vampire, and Cullen Modern!Vampire's attitude. Very cool.

That was funny. I have a friend who writes original fiction about Modern!Vampires. I'll send her the link.

Excellent job! FanFiction!Vampire is definitely my favourite, poor thing.

Wonderful! I'm not sure which one was my favorite. Modern!Vampire and FanFiction!Vampire were both great.

That is very well done.

It does wonders against ads.

Ah yeah, that old ad problem. I can't really find places that don't have any kinds of ads flying around, but thanks to some some ad blockers I hardly see them any more.

I'm gonna check what I can do against it.

I think it's about as good as it'll get right now. What do you say, switch it in?

~Neshomeh

The Sandbox article currently doesn't say anything about non-mission PPC writing (interludes, e.g., which are mentioned in the current Permission article) and permission; clarification that while you don't need permission to, say, use your Agents in other things, you do need permission to write things set in the PPC canon would be good to have, I think, especially if it were more clearly-articulated than the current Permission article.

Otherwise, I think it looks pretty good.

Lleu

"A link to the Suefic you intend to tackle..." You mean badfic, not Suefic.

The proposed changes have been revised according to the suggestions made so far, plus an additional question I thought to add to the FAQ section ("Can I claim a badfic before I get Permission?"). Please don't hesitate to make more; they've all been very helpful so far. {= D

~Neshomeh

I have a few little comments, but nothing major:

* I'd get rid of the brackets here:
We take pride in the fact that our stories are well-written. (What right do we have to mock people's stories if our own writings are just as bad?)
- And I'd not put the "Additionally, it would be super-hypocritical..." bullet point a level in from the last; best to put it in the last paragraph, or soft-return it so it doesn't have a new point. Or, give it a new point that's level with the other two.

* I love the "and for Eru's sake, cheer up!" bit :)

* In the answer to "Q. When should I ask for permission?", I think you should make it a little more clear that the standard is one month minimum, or else a lot of people will see that "as quickly as two weeks" bit and consider that the minimum. Best not to send mixed messages, you know?

And... I think that's it. Cheers!

It's looks cleaner and the more comprehensive index are a good thing.

It is is less intimidating, and more clear.

One thing you might want to add to the FAQs is "Do I need to request permission for each new agent I wish to write after I have permission?" Or something along those lines. I've seen it come up a few times.

I think it's a good idea. It makes things clearer than the current article, and that can only be good. I really like the Q&A section.

Would you mind if I made a couple of small grammatical fixes? (or I can just point them out here, if you like)

Whew. I just took about an hour or so to fill that out. Hopefully that should be thorough.

All right, I'm done. Can I have a Permission Giver Hat?

Thanks for that. I hope I was helpful.

I HATE arguments and fights with a burning passion, which is why I am almost always neutral. From what I can tell, the chat has been one huge fight-fest over the past few weeks.

One of the things I always liked about the PPC was that people got along so well in spite of our varying sarcastic personalities . . . I don't know a thing about or use the IRC, though, so I probably got a skewed view.

Since I don't have a stake in this, all I can do is pull the old cliche and ask if we all can't just get along. I hope we can: I love this community to pieces and hate to see any of us fighting.

I don't like to see my friends fight. And I do like to think of everyone here as being friends. Maybe that's naive of me, but I don't care. Guys, let's please all be friends again?

I would suggest that we have Designated Arbitrators, who have the authority to say "drop it". I'd also like to nominate Miah for the post.

(And I totally agree with you, Bryn. This is freaking stupid, and if it continues being stupid, I don't think I'll be going back.)

Let me try to explain.

First, the IRC is muted for this week to give everybody a chance to be out of each other's hair for a while, so I hope that will do as the desired chill pill.

Second, yeah, a lot of dumb things went down, but we (meaning myself and the people I've been conversant with) are really trying to do our best not to make it a bigger deal than it needs to be. The current plan is for all parties to back off, chill out, and discuss what happened and why at a later time. It doesn't need to result in a big fight that drags in folks here who haven't got the slightest idea what's going on.

I'm trying to mediate as best I can, so if anybody has questions, please address me. You can e-mail me at exswyzie14 (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Thanks,

~Neshomeh

You probably weren't around but people called for a hiatus on this to avoid it spilling over to the Board and to let people calm down. I would hope you agree with this decision.

However, now your position has been posted here and I'm trying not to respond to its contents, but I'm loathe to leave it unresponded to either because I don't fully concur with it. So I guess my only recourse, while not also reneging on what I've committed to, is saying that "it isn't that simple".

Raise your hand if you think that a LEGO mini-Balrog would be one of the cutest things ever!

I remember seeing it on the chalkboard and thinking, just for a few blissful moments, that we were learning about the PPC. Sadly, it stood for Computer Aided Design, but never mind that.

Lego...You've disappointed me. I thought you'd encourage correct spelling.

And the secret was Legos all along. I knew all those hours weren't wasted like Mom said!

These are a few links that used to be shared around quite often, if I recall correctly.

Brothers In Arms, by the Nightrunners
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/242499/The_Nightrunners
http://www.nightrunners.0catch.com/
Incomplete Modern AU with reincarnation, guns, bands, and everything that I miss about modern AUs.

Mellon Chronicles, by Cassia and Siobhan
http://www.aragorn-legolas.5u.com/main1.html
Aragorn and Legolas bro-fest so classic it practically created a couple tropes.
Warning: the site still runs perfectly well, but will likely try to tell you that it runs better on other platforms first.

BagEnders, by Lady Alyssa and RandomDent
http://bagenders.stormpages.com/
Modern AU CRACK! This is so much crack that it is Legen-DARY. Parts of it are gone, possibly forever, alas. Cult classic, really.

I'll sort through my bookmarks and see if I can find anything else.

All that is left of it is a MST...

About a page and a half of OH GOD WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN, as anyone who has read it will attest. Character oh god what is this, a killer monkey, and lots and lots of underaged, passionaty sex. Yes, you read that right...

http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/Scatwoman/Voyager%20Uncensored/

Almost 60,000 words of Voyager characters engaging in thoroughly implausible and brain-destroying things (including the use of bodily fluids that really just Do Not Go There and human characters suddenly acquiring alien genitalia).

First Encounter

Summary: Hogwarts has contracted a disease called loneliness and the giant squid as the only cure. Hogwartsgiant squid

My Comments: This is a story about the giant squid buggering Hogwarts. Seriously. It is totally NOT SAFE FOR BRAIN. Bronwyn and Maslab have done a sporking of this fic, and it is fairly well-known. Come on vote for this one. It deserves to be on the Legendary Badfic page!

Left 4 Dead fanfic called Two Step. it's well-known enough to have its own TV Tropes page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/TwoStep

Honor Amongst Thieves


Vala Mal Doran steals a cargo ship but wrecks it on a backwater little farm planet whose people don't even speak a dialect she can understand. Fortunately, there is a stranger living among them who is able to translate. Ship ahoy! DanielVala

My thoughts: I remember finding this and being skeptical, but I was pleasantly surprised. It focuses mainly on Vala and Daniel, but gives some time to the rest of SG-1 and other important characters.

To avoid gushing, it is fun in the 'Vala drags Daniel along for an adventure' way. They have misadventures, Daniel becomes a space pirate while remaining true to his personality, and it follows the canon timeline loosely, while still remaining independent.

I nominate it for either Sharefic, or Legendary.

I love me some good AU. Here are some great what-if stories that love and revere canon and cherish it and reap the fruits of their care in writing.

Final Fantasy VII
The Fifth Act, by Sinnatious
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5951824/1/The_Fifth_Act
-Perhaps the best 'time travel' fic I have ever seen. You know, the sort that has the main protagonist travel back in time in an attempt to fix the problems of the canon before they begin? It does have a happy ending, but manages to be so intelligent in regards in the canon and be so masterfully crafted with plenty of literary devices and twists that it makes a disturbing amount of sense... and is dramatic enough while doing it I actually got scared in the middle for the characters. It's a great AU, one of those 'this is how it really would have gone, I can't imagine it would go differently after reading this' stories. The characterization is spot on, even when the fates of certain characters are changed drastically...

The Legend of Zelda
Cry For Hyrule, by Seldavia
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3993350/1/Cry_for_Hyrule
- Yet another AU, this one exploring a possibility that the King of Red Lions' intentions have not always been pure. This AU fic is so rooted in the game's canon it is disturbingly convincing to some people, and even the parts that are made up fit in with other games in the series and make sense of the Zelda Timeline. This is a fic I found so powerful as a growing fanwriter that made it into my own personal fanon for The Legend of Zelda (Daphnes was actually using Link for his own ends, being the fanon)and coaxed me into a lasting friendship with Seldavia herself. This fanfic is on the tvTropes fanfic rec page for the Legend of Zelda... one among THREE fics there written by Seldavia, all recommended by DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

The Fourth Piece, by Davin Sunrider
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3616333/1/The_Legend_of_Zelda_The_Fourth_Piece
- This fic takes a lot of hated tropes in The Legend of Zelda and remakes them as goodfic, with a lot of thought and skill put into the story. If you like long war sagas, this is for you. It isn't as perfectly based in canon as the others are on this list, but enjoyable nonetheless. And not only that, it starts out quite good but as you read it you can see it get better and better as the author takes advice from others.

Metroid
I, Pirate, by Seldavia*
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5451766/1/I_Pirate
-This fanfiction follows the Metroid Prime games, but not from the perspective of Samus. It follows the perspective of a Space Pirate of the science division that becomes self-aware due to Phazon radiation. The fic sheds so much light on the possible organization of Space Pirates, but it really earns gold stars for portraying this OC's growing and learning so well that the tired 'OC tags along with Samus' plot becomes so involved and believable that Samus' characterization actually becomes richer to the reader for it. In my personal opinion, this fanfic feels MORE LIKE CANON than the literal adherence to Metroid canon itself at times...



*Actually, can we just get Seldavia up here as a Legendary Goodfic author? This is not because she is my friend, but that I BECAME FRIENDS WITH HER because she wrote goodfic, and was the first goodfic writer I ever encountered... and she has not STOPPED writing goodfic, ever.

I nominate Alicorn24's Twilight fics Luminosity and Radiance (there's also Flashes, snapshots from universe of L and R).

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6137139/1/Luminosity
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6460146/1/Radiance
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6813856/1/Flashes

Quote the author: "Luminosity is similar to "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" in that the most significant difference is to the protagonist's rationality skills: Luminosity's Bella is a rational, smart self-knowledge junkie who wants to know what is going on in her brain. The story hugs canon pretty closely to start except in terms of inner monologue until chapter 4, and then it's unrecognizable. Elspeth, the narrator of "Radiance", is a semi-original character with her own approach to the theme. The Flashes will be mostly in third person and cover a wide variety of characters."

I've never read the HP one, but I hear it's good too. (not a nomination)

"Those Lacking Spines" (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2903858/1/Those_Lacking_Spines) by Organization VI. It's a fantastic deconstruction of the various tropes and concepts behind badfic set in the Kingdom Hearts universe. Yeah, it's a bit trollish and heavy-handed with messages at times, but the humor more than makes up for it.

The story also has its own TV Tropes page, if anyone is curious. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3925241/1/The_Ultimate_Ace

Don't let you fooled by the title. This is one of the best fanfics I've ever read, a novelization of Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War that not only develops a realistic personality for Blaze, manages to state that Mobius 1 and Blaze were the same person whithout running into clichès, and even the major canon breach (Chopper surviving the battle over the capital) is done in a wonderful way.
It even drops the Hyperspace Arsenal of AC planes and the "few planes against unlimited mooks" approach for a more realistic story.

Too bad it is a Dead Fic.

I would like to nominat the Good Omens fanfic 'A Spark of Goodness" http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7085070/1/A_Spark_of_Goodness for the sharefic page. It's a lengthy oneshot with a GO fandom rarity: a depiction of Aziraphale and Crowley as the heterosexual besties the authors intended! Not that there's anything wrong with shipping; don't get me wrong, I love A/C shipfic. But A/C non-shipfic is every bit as good, if not better, being closer to the canon and all.

I ask only because there's one particular author in the Stargate Atlantis fandom that is legendary for her Goodfic. They're solid pieces of work, and explore the military side of the fandom in depth.

The bulk of her work can be found here.

Fear, by Lady Kino

Summary: Unlike those war heroes we hear so much about, I can tell you my name. I can tell you name and my address and my e-mail and not fear that someone will come to kill me. Because for a year and a half, I was a Controller. Complete!

My Comments: I've heard of the fic before, but only really read it on a recommendation from Guvnor of Space. After finishing it, I can only say that his view of it is merited, and much more. The OCs are well-characterized, with personalities that look and feel like real people. While the Canon Characters make few appearances (the Animorphs themselves show up two times in the later chapters), their influence can be felt all throughout the story, affecting the protagonist in both positive and negative ways.

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I am nominating this fic for Sharfic or Legendary Goodfic status.

This is a Sherlock Holmes fic, by an author who has many great stories, but this one is the best of the best.

The Particular Problem of Postern Prison

Summary: Pride takes a fall when young Mr Holmes accepts a challenge from the Yard in another of his early cases. With his career in the balance, can he right old wrongs, renew past alliances and stay alive in the notorious Postern Prison? Seq to Chiro. COMPLETE!

My comments: This is the fourth story in a series of stories about a young Sherlock Holmes who is just beginning his career as a consulting detective. You do not have to read the others in the series first. There are a few mentions of events in the others, but this story carries its own weight. I recommend this story so highly that if it ever became possible for this author to sell this story (and the other three in the series) in physical book form--I'd pay actual money to own a copy.

You know, it's funny you should mention "sharefic", because I was itching to post a "goodfic recommendations" thread myself. It's also nice to know there's a Legendary Goodfic page here.

So I take it we start a new thread with our Bleepfic/Legendary Badfic and Sharefic/Legendary Goodfic nominations? That wasn't really that clear...

Nice. Did the Suethor fail physics or something?

I liked it. McGhee is really cute. I wonder if he'll eat fried tofu?




I found some typos and a couple of things that might or might not have have been formatting issues.


She sat down on the extra chair at his she introduced herself to him.


against the windscreen or out of the care in case of a collision.


Brakes doesn't suddenly not work and the team would have liked to know who sabotaged a federal car."


Allison grumbled and let go off the mini with her left hand.


"Who wasn't bold in the previous scene," Allison pointed out. "He had hair 'falling off to the right'."

He is a minor en most likely injured.



(The things in {} looked they might have been said in the fic, because they were single line paragraphs, but they weren't blue like the rest of the quotes. The stuff in the middle of the {} lines is just to help you place where this is from in the fic. They might not have been quotes, but I wasn't entirely sure.)

{His dad is currently doing some secret spy work.}

"Secret spy work as opposed to public spy work?" Tasmin asked.
"Perhaps in case of the latter all the bars in all the world know the spy's favourite drink. In case of the former, they don't."

{Not sure on what, its confidential.}


{Go upstairs or go home, you're off of the case.}

That was just stupid, they seemed to almost forget this was a crime investigation show.